Country
Population
Surface area
Life expectancy
Value of Debt
Debt as a % of Exports
PCs per 1000 population
Internet users
Illiteracy rate - females
Illiteracy rate - males
Year: 2000 Source: World Bank World Development Indicators          
Angola 13,134,000 1,246,700 47 9,653,100,000 15 1 30,000 .. ..
Antigua and Barbuda 68,000 440 75 .. .. .. 5,000 .. ..
Bahamas, The 303,000 13,880 69 .. .. .. 13,130 4 6
Barbados 267,000 430 75 .. .. 82 10,000 .. ..
Belize 240,000 22,960 74 483,600,000 16 125 15,000 7 7
Benin 6,272,000 112,620 53 976,000,000 13 2 15,000 76 48
Botswana 1,602,000 581,730 39 339,100,000 2 37 15,000 20 25
Burkina Faso 11,274,000 274,000 44 663,000,000 17 1 10,000 86 66
Burundi 6,807,000 27,830 42 643,700,000 37 .. 3,000 60 44
Cameroon 14,876,000 475,440 50 6,252,000,000 21 3 40,000 31 18
Cape Verde 441,000 4,030 69 174,700,000 7 .. 8,000 34 15
Central African Republic 3,717,000 622,980 43 543,200,000 13 2 1,500 65 40
Chad 7,694,000 1,284,000 48 587,000,000 9 .. 3,000 66 48
Comoros 558,000 2,230 61 156,800,000 5 4 1,500 51 37
Congo, Dem. Rep. 50,948,000 2,344,860 46 10,946,900,000 .. .. .. 50 27
Congo, Rep. 3,018,000 342,000 51 4,595,100,000 2 .. .. 26 13
Cote d'Ivoire 16,013,000 322,460 46 11,537,700,000 22 6 40,000 61 46
Cuba 11,188,000 110,860 76 .. .. 11 60,000 3 3
Djibouti 632,000 23,200 46 172,600,000 6 10 1,400 46 24
Dominica 73,000 750 76 81,000,000 7 71 .. .. ..
Dominican Republic 8,373,000 48,730 67 4,341,100,000 5 .. 55,000 16 16
Equatorial Guinea 457,000 28,050 51 196,600,000 0 .. .. 26 7
Eritrea 4,097,000 117,600 52 187,900,000 1 2 5,000 56 33
Ethiopia 64,298,000 1,104,300 42 3,264,000,000 14 1 10,000 69 53
Fiji 811,900 18,270 69 129,300,000 3 55 12,000 9 5
Gabon 1,230,000 267,670 53 3,878,900,000 15 10 15,000 .. ..
Gambia, The 1,303,000 11,300 53 265,000,000 7 12 4,000 71 56
Ghana 19,306,000 238,540 57 3,921,000,000 19 3 30,000 37 20
Grenada 98,000 340 72 166,000,000 5 127 4,113 .. ..
Guinea 7,415,000 245,860 46 2,341,000,000 15 4 8,000 .. ..
Guinea-Bissau 1,199,000 36,120 45 700,000,000 9 .. 3,000 77 46
Guyana 761,000 214,970 63 842,000,000 .. 26 4,000 2 1
Haiti 7,959,000 27,750 53 691,000,000 8 .. .. 52 48
Jamaica 2,633,000 10,990 75 4,340,600,000 14 47 80,000 9 17
Kenya 30,092,000 580,370 47 4,679,900,000 17 5 200,000 24 11
Kiribati 90,700 730 62 .. .. 18 .. .. ..
Lesotho 2,035,000 30,350 44 515,400,000 12 .. 4,000 6 28
Liberia 3,130,000 111,370 47 2,053,100,000 .. .. 500 62 30
Madagascar 15,523,000 587,040 55 2,986,000,000 8 2 30,000 40 26
Malawi 10,311,000 118,480 39 1,487,000,000 12 1 15,000 53 26
Mali 10,840,000 1,240,190 42 1,340,000,000 12 1 18,804 66 51
Marshall Islands 52,000 .. 65 .. .. 47 .. .. ..
Mauritania 2,665,000 1,025,520 52 1,218,000,000 26 9 5,000 70 49
Mauritius 1,186,140 2,040 72 2,358,400,000 21 101 87,000 19 12
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 118,100 .. 68 .. .. .. 4,000 .. ..
Mozambique 17,691,000 801,590 42 1,162,000,000 11 3 30,000 71 40
Namibia 1,757,000 824,290 47 .. .. 34 30,000 19 17
Niger 10,832,000 1,267,000 46 1,041,000,000 9 0 5,000 92 76
Nigeria 126,910,000 923,770 47 27,206,600,000 4 7 200,000 44 28
Palau 19,000 460 70 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Papua New Guinea 5,130,000 462,840 59 2,195,100,000 14 .. 135,000 43 29
Rwanda 8,508,000 26,340 40 722,000,000 25 .. 5,000 40 26
Samoa 170,000 2,840 69 128,600,000 11 6 1,000 21 19
Sao Tome and Principe 148,000 960 65 196,000,000 32 .. 6,500 .. ..
Senegal 9,530,000 196,720 52 2,416,000,000 14 17 40,000 72 53
Seychelles 81,230 450 72 154,000,000 3 136 6,000 .. ..
Sierra Leone 5,031,000 71,740 39 792,000,000 48 .. 5,000 .. ..
Solomon Islands 447,000 28,900 69 98,900,000 7 46 2,000 .. ..
Somalia 8,778,000 637,660 48 2,273,700,000 .. .. .. .. ..
South Africa 42,800,990 1,221,040 48 23,774,100,000 10 62 2,400,000 15 14
St. Kitts and Nevis 41,000 360 71 115,500,000 13 182 .. .. ..
St. Lucia 156,000 620 71 221,000,000 11 141 .. .. ..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 115,000 390 73 158,600,000 9 106 3,500 .. ..
Sudan 31,095,000 2,505,810 56 14,824,400,000 3 3 30,000 54 31
Suriname 417,000 163,270 70 .. .. .. 11,709 .. ..
Swaziland 1,045,000 17,360 46 217,900,000 2 .. 10,000 21 19
Tanzania 33,696,000 945,090 44 4,487,000,000 16 3 115,000 33 16
Togo 4,527,000 56,790 49 1,017,900,000 6 22 100,000 58 28
Tonga 100,200 750 71 35,100,000 12 .. .. .. ..
Trinidad and Tobago 1,301,000 5,130 73 2,553,400,000 10 62 100,000 8 4
Uganda 22,210,000 241,040 42 984,000,000 24 3 40,000 43 22
Vanuatu 197,000 12,190 68 34,600,000 1 .. .. .. ..
Zambia 10,089,000 752,610 38 5,002,000,000 19 7 20,000 29 15
Zimbabwe 12,627,000 390,760 40 3,598,800,000 22 12 50,000 15 7
Total 700,558,260 25,438,750   185,117,900,000